Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 21, 1960, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg Toee press. Saturday Kay St. Adventures in building finished basement floor gives More usable space Thi article is my a ser ies Fly Central mortgage and hmm Taf Carper atom Federal Bau diag a the basement floor should be Laid Down As soon As practical. It is than possible to install the fur Nace on its permanent base and is provided for storage Oul of the weather. The amount of dirt and grit tracked through the House will also be reduced. The basement deserves As much attention As other parts of the House. Even if there Are no special plans for its immediate use the floor should be. Properly Laid with the Correct slope and a smooth hard finish. A smooth floor will be easier to keep clean and there will be no pockets to collect water whenever the floor is washed. This aspect becomes even More important if there is to be a base ment workshop or laundry area or if plans Call for a basement recreation room. Fill layer there Are a number of things to be done before pouring the con for the basement floor. Unless the base is Sand gravel or a five Inch layer of fill Hardy Mangoba adopted Nursery Stock and Garden seed. Everything for the Kanton. 1880 catalogue free on a quit. Irett Young seeds Ltd. A Oil atm m. Of 3-4413 of eve talk until o clock hard of hearing Zinith hearing Aid Only fill a Wiki 4-Tmnsktms a Day Money Back of Iii Here s your Opportunity to try living sound o performance at no bring this Coupon Whan you Tomt in. It you s 10-Day trial of any Zenith hiring Aid. Tott us today Electus surilus Ltd. 417 him we 2-5518 has to be put Down. Crushed tone or coarse gravel Are frequently used for this purpose but cinders will do provided they do not come in direct Contact with Cut Iron piping. If the Bottom of the excavation does not dry out rapidly etaugh and there Are signs that water is seeping in it May be advisable to install a second Row of Drain tiles. The tiles should be placed along the inside of the footing and should be connected to the Drain where it leaves the building. To prevent waste matter backing up the tiles should be at a higher level than the Drain pipe itself. The basement floor should slope towards the Drain. An incline of about one Inch in every ten feet is sufficient. The slope can be checked with a spirit level set on the Edge of a straight Board eight or 10 feet in length. Needs watering fill should be made compact be fore the Concrete is poured. Wat ering it Down a number of times with a Garden Hose will help. Even on Sandy soil where no fill is needed it is a Good idea to wet the ground thoroughly before pouring the Concrete. Otherwise the dry Sand May draw too much water out of the Concrete and lower the Quality of the finished product. As a measure of precaution the floor Drain should be covered to fore the Concrete is poured. In All probability the Concrete will be poured into the basement through one of the basement win Dows. To protect the window Frame against damage a Board should be fixed Over the Sill using finishing nails to hold it Down. Afterwards the Board can be easily removed a been and the Nail holes filled with put to before painting. Concrete for basement floors should be of Good Quality prefer ably Concrete. It is easier to obtain a smooth finish if no Large stones Are used. Half Inch Stone is Ideal if the polishing or floating is done entirely with a hand trowel. If the floor is to be machine polished the presence of slightly larger stones will still make an excellent finish possible. Floor depth three inches is the minimum depth for the Concrete floor in an via financed House but four inches will give a better Quality floor. The Concrete is first levelled with a Spade or Hoe. Later it is smoothed with the Edge of a Board. When it has just begun to set and is Strong enough to carry the weight of a Man the float ing or polishing begins. This is a time consuming process and the manner in which it is car ried out has a great Deal to do with the Quality of the Concrete particularly the surface. Too much floating or floating the Concrete too to draw an excess Ive amount of water to the surface. Some of the finer Aggregates and Cement particles will then float to the top producing a weak soft textured finish that will dust was Fly. These Fine particles of Cement dust present an additional cleaning problem for the housekeeper. It is equally bad to allow too much time to elapse Between pour ing and floating. As the Concrete hardens it becomes More difficult to smooth and the result is a rough and bumpy floor. Deficiencies of this sort Are not easily corrected. If the floor is being poured in summer is Best with Sun Lite whether you relax and Tan beneath the mid Day Sun. Or enjoy a Cool drink beneath the stars remember there s nothing More relaxing More attractive More durable than weatherproof Sun Lite outdoor furniture see Hie Complete Range of Sun Lite chairs chaise tits chaise lounges and Wemer Finkel Garden and tables at your favorite furniture store. Sie6mund Werner Ltd. Werner-f1nkel Ltd. Montival Oue. Censer s 5 Stone to serve you Winter care should be taken not to overheat the basement in an at tempt to Speed up drying of the Concrete. This May cause excessive shrink age and Lead to cracks it May also produce a poor surface Tex Ture. Curing should be. A gradual process. It is Good practice to Sprinkle the floor often White it is drying out. Within a Day or two of pouring the Concrete should be hard enough to walk on. But the floor can still be damaged easily at this Slage. Heavy materials or Sharp objects should not be dragged across the floor until it has hardened fur ther. It takes about 10 Days for. The floor to become serviceable end about a month before it can be put to heavy use. V the basement stairs can be built either before the floor is poured or after. It May be preferable to wait until the floor is Laid before building the stairs As it will then be easier to keep the Bottom step the same height As the others thus minimizing the possibility of Acci dents. Another frequent problem is the Lack of head room above the base ment stairs. A clearance of at least six feet six inches sary in the Stair Well. This should be allowed for at the planning stage and rechecked when the being framed. There is More than one Way of building basement stairs. Perhaps the quickest and most economical Way is to saw out a number of triangular blocks from the string ers and Nail the Steps to the horizontal surfaces. Stringers Are comparatively weak where they have Cut and have a tendency to split stairs built in this fashion Are springy unless supported at the Centre. The Steps themselves often curl at the edges and nails Are liable to work Loose after the stairs have been in use for some time. It May take Little. Longer to Steps into the string ers but this is All that is required to produce basement stairs that Are not Only better looking but sturdier. Exactly the same amount of material is used in both cases. Tell us what to do Walker Ottawa up works min ister Walker asked the National House builders association thurs Day to suggest ways to encourage More people to invest private it Ings in Home mortgages. A delegation headed by John a. Griffin of Toronto chairman of the association s Liaison commit tee spent More than two hours with the minister urging the gov eminent to get More Money into the Home construction Industry. The chartered Banks limited by act of parliament to charging an interest rate of six per cent live virtually withdrawn from the Home mortgage Field since the government allowed the rate on Nha approved mortgages to go up in december to 6 per cent or. Griffin said. The approved lending institutions such is Trust and insurance firms were not making any More mortgage Money available so far this year thin they did last year resulting in a Sharp decline in starts on new housing construction. In a Brief the association urged the government to permit encourage and if necessary legis late for the re entry of the chartered Banks into the Nha Mort Gage lending the Brief also asked the govern ment to make All canadians Elig Ible for direct Nha bans from the government. These now Are limited to those with incomes of a year and less. A Royal commission should be appointed to study the problems of the House building Industry and find ways of providing Mort Gage funds to meet Canadian housing needs for the next 25 years. Among matters the commission should study freeing the Nha in Terest rate issuing housing Bonds setting up a Federal mortgage Bank and establishing a revolving fund for Nha direct Loans. These Are some of the suggestions that government experts Are said to be already investigating with a View to putting a proposal before the Cabinet. Or. Walker asked the House buildings delegation to help formulate these plans. Girls club officially opened. Archbishop Philip Pocock officially opened and blessed the new enlarged girls residential club and Chapel at 62 Hargrave Street thursday night. The club is operated by the Sis ters of service. Hon. Maurice Ridley minister of municipal affairs and Aid. Charles Avery brought greetings from the province and City. W. A. Irwin brought greetings from the knights of Columbus. Sister Fife Maurice of Montreal represented the Council of the Sisters of ser vice. The new building increases residential capacity to 55 girls. Single working girls and arc Eli Gible for residence. A Hack Funking tofrqutd06r sad 8? Ivor outdoor planters to enhance Home Beds do Tow Garden Wall pest control for Garden vegetables by w. R. Leslie some vegetables can be counted on for a crop every season As they Are almost free of pests. Example beets. A second group usually produce Well with Benefit from spraying when pests appear. Example carrots when attacked by Carrot rust Fly. A third group must be sprayed or dusted every year if they Are to grow satisfactorily. Untreated they will suf Fer from insects. Cabbage and cauliflower. A fourth group is that which contains which May be satisfactorily controlled after insects appear on the plants. Examples tomatoes peat. Application insecticides May be applied a Spray or dust Many hints Are told in a Container with a Shaker top. Some Are in plunger or. Lesette Type cylinders. The smallest kind of hand sprayer is the atomizer which holds about a quart. This Type is More adapted to liquid extracts or emulsion rather than the Wettable Spray powders. For general satisfaction in spraying it is Well to possess a compressed air sprayer with capacity of one to three Gal Lons. Insecticides terms rotenone ii the Active chemical in Derris. This insecticide is one of the safest materials to use and is recommended where in sect control is required near Harvest time for example after cauliflower begin to head. The material As a rotenone concentrate a liquid is sold under Var ious Trade names. Apply As directed on the Container. Derris rotenone dusts ready to use Are sold under Dif Ferent Trade names. They con Tain from 0.5 to 1.0 per cent rotenone. Use without Dilu Tion. Dot for insect control and fixed Copper Dot dusts where disease control is sought at the same time Are available at shops. Use As recommended by the manufacturer. Do not use any Dot on the Edi ble parts of plants within three weeks of using the vegetables. Malathion this Valu Able insecticide is effective against thrips Many mites Many Leaf eating insects and notably against aphids. The 50 per cent emulsion is used at a rate of from one to two Teaspoons to one gallon of water. The 25 per cent Wettable powder is used at three Tablespoons in one Gal Lon. A four per cent dust May be used. Because malathion kills partly by fumes it is More effective when applied in hot Calm weather. Do Apt use or edible parts within seven Days of Harvest. Garden sprays and dusts those which contain two or More insecticides Are i popular because they kill a greater number of pests than one alone. Those which also contain a fungicide to combat diseases As Well is the Var ious insects Are especially desirable on potatoes tomatoes celery and cucumbers. Those dusts packaged in pumper gum containers provide of application. Use according to manufacturer s directions. Caution All insecticides Are poisonous to Man and Ani Mals if eaten in Large quantities. Some of a Kim us at the dosage recommended for control of insects. None of the extremely toxic chemicals Are recommended for Home Garden use. Again be guided by the instructions on the Label concerning Safe use of materials. The precautions Are carefully checked by health authorities. From time to time com ment will be made upon methods to combat different pests found in the vegetable Garden. Apple Blossom Tine be sure to get or Chard areas Park and Avenue plantings during the next two weeks when the Apple group is in display. The Rosy Bloom Pink and red Blos soms crab apples Are one of the most exhilarating sights in nature when the tree is in about full Bloom. Among the striking varieties Are Almey Rudolph Sutherland Strath More Hopa and Makinak. By Henry b. All there Are Many raised planting Beds around houses with exposed foundation Walls. The planter itself will conceal part of the Wall. The plants it contains Are Given emphasis by being staged on a raised level within a permanent masonry framework. Raised Beds May be built in Long narrow rectangular strips in Block squares Semi circles or in a shape combining straight and curved lines. They Are of partic ular value in locations close to the Bouse Entrance or doorway Lead ing to the Garden or Garden Ter race1. Raised bed and plants com Bine to soften the appearance of the foundation and create an. In trance planting that remains in Bounds for a Long time. Most plants used in raised Beds Are of a Dwarf or Semi Dwarf nature. Habi mix sell plants thrive and retain a Good appearance in plantings of this kind for the soil can be hand mixed to suit special requirements. Generally a mixture of equal parts of Fertile soil Sand and humus re fined peat or screened compost is right toe most plants. Evergreen shrubs requiring an acid soil test ing pm or 5.5 May need the mixture treated with Sulphur or aluminium sulphate to bring it to that level. Use a handful of pow dered Sulphur or Quarter Pound of the aluminium sulphate worked into each Square Yard of planting sur face. Acid soil in the raised Plant ing bed is in no danger of being changed by Lime from the plaster debris found around some new Homes. Good drainage can be built into the raised bed planting. A depth of ten to twelve or More inches of planting soil mixture can be underpaid with a six Inch layer of gravel hard burned cinders Bro Ken bricks or other hard broken rubble. Where natural. Drainage is Good below the planter not even the gravel or other drainage material will be necessary. In poorly drained locations a tile line May be Jed away from the drainage base to a storm sewer dry Well or Low spot out from the House. Another method allows for Small drainage openings along the base of the outside Walls supporting the raised bed. These Are called weep holes and Are spaced three to apart. Brick is a favorit material for building the Walls of the raised planting bed. Bricks Are available in most sections and Are easy to handle. Generally a hard burned common Brick approximately 2 by 4 by 8 inches in size is used. Walls that Are not Over two feet High Are Laid just one Brick or four inches thick weep holes Are easily formed in the base course of the four Inch Wall by omitting mortar from vertical joints at. Regular intervals. Besides bricks materials needed to build the raised planters As illustrated include Cement Sand hydrated Lime and gravel. The mortar to go Between the Brick courses is mixed with one part Cement one part Lime and six parts Sand. Concrete footings to go in the ground beneath the Brick work Are made of one part be three parts Sand and five Mats gravel footings should excl below the level that the freezes. In some sections and locations this May be Only six to twelve inches in others three feet. In building the rectangular plan Ter a carefully dug narrow Trench serves As the form for the footing and it is stopped at or just below the soil surface. Stakes Mason s line spirit level Carpenter s Square and Rule All must be used to make certain that the footing and the Walls will have Square Corners straight sides and ends and that the top of the footing and each Brick course will be level. Eighteen inches High since the planter to be three bricks in Width and eight bricks in length it measures approximately Twenty five inches by sixty eight inches by eighteen in Ches High. Mortar joints Are one half Inch thick and Are finished flush or tooled slightly concave by drawing the end of a Short piece of pipe Over them before the mortar has had time to har Den. Mix Only a bucket or two of mor tar at one time so that it re Mains workable to the last. Mix the dry ingredients thoroughly and then add water slowly and continue to mix until you have a smooth mortar that clings to the bricks but is not Sloppy. Wet bricks before using them. A Flat pointed Mason s trowel is needed to handle mortar properly. Spread a bed of the material and then firmly press the first Brick into the bed using the handle of the trowel to tap it level. Subsequent bricks have one end buttered with mortar which is shoved against the placed Brick As it is tapped level in the mor tabbed. Use the clean trowel to remove excess mortar As it is squeezed out from Between and beneath the Laid bricks. Using the common or running Bond shown Only whole bricks Are required. Corner bricks Are Laid first and then lines stretched Between them to insure each course being level. If drainage weep holes Are needed leave one open vertical joint in the front end base course and two open joints in the outside base course toward the House planting. Use spirit level to Check vertical and horizontal lines. The Semi circular raised bed illustrated is built on top of the Flagstone paving and consequently does not require any additional footing or foundation. The Semi Circle swung from a two foot Rains is marked on the paving As guide to laying the Brick courses actually each course is made up entirely of half bricks. These Are it with a cold chisel and Ham Ner. To Cut bricks in half score hem on four sides then place on de on a solid surface position be chisel and rap sharply with k Hammer. Leave three open vertical joints n the Bottom course to serve As drainage weep holes and As each Ourse is Laid Check with the spirit Evel for both vertical plumb and horizontal level. As shown the bed s a Little Over twelve inches High his is a minimum height for one Wilt on a solid masonry Bottom. Vita a Well drained soil Bottom the might be made Only two or tree bricks High but of course footing would need to be placed Der the Brick courses. Cover new Brick work with Damp Burlap for a week to allow it to ure slowly. After two weeks lean mortar smears from the with a 10 per cent solution t Muri Atic acid. Use a stiff Rush and rubber gloves. Uliah the leaned Brick with Clear water. Lot s discuss your Holiday Home today he 26 x 24 your free coloured catalogue on 14 exciting Holiday de signs is available at our Down town building material display Centre. 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